About this book

The current literature compartmentalizes the complex issue of water and wastewater into its discrete components; technology, planning, policy, construction, economics, etc. Considered from the perspective of sustainability, however, water in the urban environment must be approached as a single resource that can be continuously reused and recycled.

This book captures all of the current work on this idea in a single, integrated plan for designing the water-centric cities of the future. From new construction to the retrofitting of existing systems, the authors present the case for a new urban relationship to water, one with a more sustainable connection to the environment and the hydrological cycle.

Contents

PREFACE.

I HISTORIC PARADIGMS OF URBAN WATER/STORMWATER/WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT AND DRIVERS FOR CHANGE. I.1 Introduction. I.2 Historic Paradigms: From Ancient Cities to the 20th Century. I.3 Drivers for Change towards Sustainability. I.4 The 21st Century and Beyond. References.

VIII ENERGY AND URBAN WATER SYSTEMS-TOWARDS NET ZERO CARBON FOOTPRINT. VIII.1 Interconnection of Water and Energy. VIII.2 Energy Conservation in Buildings and Ecoblocks. VIII.3 Energy from Renewable Sources. VIII.4 Energy from Used Water and Waste Organic Solids. VIII.5 Direct Electric Energy Production from Biogas and Used Water. VIII.6 Summary and a Look into the Future. VIII.7 Overall Energy Outlook-Anticipating the Future.

IX RESTORING URBAN STREAMS. IX.1 Introduction. IX.2 Adverse Impacts of Urbanization to Be Remedied. IX.3 Water Body Restoration in the Context of Future Water Centric (Eco)Cities. IX.4 Summary and Conclusions.